COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The host agency is responsible for providing computers with the following minimum configuration: 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium III Processor or equivalent with 512 MB RAM, 100 MB available disk space, CD-ROM drive, and Windows XP. One computer is required for every two participants.

The course provides engineers and designers with hands-on computer experience in the selection and application of software tools commonly applied for highway hydraulics including estimating peak flows and hydrographs, as well as the analysis and design of storm drains, culverts, detention basins, and channels. The Watershed Modeling System (WMS) will be the Windows interface used for most applications. Software covered in the course includes:

Select and size an energy dissipator using the HY8 energy dissipator software

Design and analyze storm drain inlets and pipes using WMS and the FHWA storm drain program

Route a hydrograph through a detention basin using the WMS detention basin calculator

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Highway engineers and designers responsible for the hydrologic and hydraulic aspects of designing storm drains, culverts, detention basins, and channels. Attendees should have a basic knowledge of hydrology and hydraulics. The course will briefly review theory, but will focus on hands-on problem solving.

135081
SESSION INFORMATION:

The National Highway Institute (NHI) has been accredited as an Authorized Provider
by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
In obtaining this accreditation, NHI has demonstrated that it complies with the
ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice.
As a result of their Authorized Provider status, NHI is authorized to offer IACET CEUs
for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.